ORIGIN OF BLACK SALT

Samuel was about 18 years old and one day after an intensive training session Master Yu Bai Shek sat Samuel down and told him a story.  He explained when he was 10 years old as a young monk at the temple; he and his master were in the village picking up some herbs.  Master Chan was telling young Yu that it was forbidden and he should never teach his Shaolin training to anyone outside the Chinese Klan.  As Master Chan continued to explain why, to the left of them they saw a couple of merchants packing fresh fish in a lot of salt.  Curiously young Yu asked his master “Why are the men packing the fish in all that salt?”  Master Chan told young Yu that salt is a very powerful mineral from the ground and is used to preserve goods and cleanse/cure terrible wounds. But the strongest salt is found in the burned ashes of rare herbs.

Samuel, I am an old man with great wisdom. I have walked many journeys through life and now disagree with my Master Chan about the curse of Shaolin.  A man should be judged in life by the pureness of his heart and his deeds and not by his origin or what Klan he was born into.  Samuel you have trained very hard and have been an honorable man in my eyes, you are my cure and maybe these Shaolin teachings can be a start in changing man’s ignorance.  Young Samuel as of today you will be known as “Black Salt”.